The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band - The Last Waltz

years later i got a message that levon was in the hospital and he was dying i got on a plane and i went to the hospital levon wasn't conscious anymore his daughter was there and she took me into the room and i i sat with him and i held his hand and i thought about the amazing times that we had had together we've been on the front lines of two or three musical revolutions and now we're just left with these memories so i sat with my brother and held his hand and i said leave on i'll meet you on the other end [Music] a virgil or cane is a name and i served on a danville train the stormless calvary came and they tore up the tracks again in the winter of 65 we were hungry just to belly [Music] oh [Music] and all the people were saying it [Music] [Applause] went back with my wife in tennessee when one day she called to me said virgil quick come and see there goes the robbery now i don't mind chopping wood and i don't care if the money's not good you take what you need and you leave the rest but they should never [Applause] [Applause] when all the bells are [Applause] they went [Music] like my father before me [Music] [Music] when he's in [Music] when all the bells are ringing [Music] and all the people were [Music] [Applause] [Music] and all the people were [Music] no [Applause] [Music] you

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Published: Mon Sep 27 2021